Croatia vs Serbia: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in Croatia and 4.2 per 1,000 live births in Serbia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Serbia, by 0.7 per 1,000 live births, or 1.19 times that in Croatia.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Serbia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Croatia.
In 2023, Croatia ranked 192 and Serbia ranked 187 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Croatia at 0.6 per 1,000 live births and Serbia at 0.7 per 1,000 live births in 2100.
The world as a whole: 27.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023.

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Croatia	Serbia	World
2023	3.5	4.2	27.3
2022	4.1	3.8	28.2
2021	3.9	4.7	28.4
2020	3.9	4.9	28.7
2019	3.9	4.8	29.2
2018	4.3	4.8	29.7
2017	4	4.7	30.3
2016	4.1	5.1	31.1
2015	4.4	5.5	32.1
2014	4.3	5.8	32.9
2013	4.2	6.1	33.9
2012	4	6.3	35
2011	4.2	6.4	36.8
2010	4.8	6.7	37.7
2009	4.8	6.8	39.1
2008	5.3	6.9	40.4
2007	5.2	7	42
2006	5.6	7.3	43.7
2005	5.7	7.7	45.4
2004	6.1	8.3	47.2
2003	6.8	9.1	48.8
2002	7	10.1	50.6
2001	7.2	10.8	52.2
2000	7.2	11.3	53.7
1999	7.2	12.4	55.5
1998	7.6	11.9	57.1
1997	7.9	12.1	58.3
1996	8.3	12.5	59.6
1995	9	13.6	60.8
1994	9.4	14.6	62
1993	10.3	15.2	62.9
1992	10.6	15	64.1
1991	11.3	14.9	64.9
1990	10.7	15.3	64.9
1989	11.4	16.4	66.2
1988	12.4	17.2	68
1987	13.6	18.4	68.6
1986	14.7	19.6	70.8
1985	15.7	20.7	72.9
1984	16.7	21.2	74.6
1983	17.4	21.7	76.1
1982	18.2	21.8	76.6
1981	18.9	21.9	78.7
1980	19.4	22.2	80.6
1979	20.1	22.9	82.5
1978	20.5	23.3	84.7
1977	21.4	24	86.4
1976	21.9	25.5	88.1
1975	23.1	27.1	89.6
1974	24.4	28.8	90.9
1973	25.9	30.3	92.1
1972	27.4	32.8	93.6
1971	29.6	34.5	96.1
1970	32.6	36.8	96.9
1969	36	37.3	98.3
1968	38.5	38.9	100.2
1967	40.2	39.4	103.1
1966	43.2	43.8	104.9
1965	47	47.6	106.4
1964	51	51.8	106.1
1963	53.8	54.9	107.7
1962	57.1	58.8	110.2
1961	62.1	63.8	121.5
1960	67.4	68.6	131.8
1959	70.9	70.8	125.7
1958	75.1	74.8	117.7
1957	79.7	77.5	120
1956	86.3	84.3	121.9
1955	89.2	87	124.8
1954	96.5	90.5	127.7
1953	100	94.2	130.1
1952	110	104.5	132.7
1951	111.8	112.3	136
1950	117	116.8	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Croatia	Serbia	World
2024	3.42.8–4.2	43.2–5	26.9
2025	3.32.5–4.6	3.82.9–5.3	26.4
2026	3.22.3–4.7	3.72.6–5.6	25.9
2027	3.12.1–4.9	3.62.4–5.7	25.4
2028	31.9–5	3.42.2–5.8	24.9
2029	2.91.8–5.2	3.32–6	24.5
2030	2.81.7–5.2	3.21.9–6.1	24
2031	2.81.6–5.2	3.11.8–6.2	23.6
2032	2.71.5–5.2	31.7–6.1	23.2
2033	2.61.4–5.3	2.91.6–6.1	22.8
2034	2.51.3–5.2	2.81.5–6	22.3
2035	2.41.3–5.4	2.81.4–6.2	21.9
2036	2.41.2–5.2	2.71.4–6.2	21.5
2037	2.31.1–5.3	2.61.3–6.3	21.1
2038	2.21.1–5.2	2.51.3–6	20.8
2039	2.21–5.2	2.51.2–6.3	20.4
2040	2.11–5.3	2.41.2–6.3	20
2041	20.9–5.3	2.31.1–6.2	19.7
2042	20.9–5.1	2.21.1–6	19.4
2043	1.90.9–5.2	2.21–6	19
2044	1.80.8–5.2	2.11–5.8	18.7
2045	1.80.8–5.1	2.11–5.7	18.4
2046	1.70.8–5.3	20.9–5.8	18.2
2047	1.70.7–5	1.90.9–5.7	17.9
2048	1.60.7–4.9	1.90.9–5.8	17.7
2049	1.60.7–4.9	1.80.8–5.9	17.5
2050	1.60.7–4.8	1.80.8–5.6	17.3
2051	1.50.6–4.9	1.70.8–5.4	17.1
2052	1.50.6–4.6	1.70.7–5.4	16.9
2053	1.50.6–4.6	1.60.7–5.3	16.7
2054	1.40.6–4.5	1.60.7–5.2	16.5
2055	1.40.5–4.5	1.60.7–5.2	16.3
2056	1.40.5–4.4	1.50.7–5.1	16.1
2057	1.30.5–4.2	1.50.6–5	15.9
2058	1.30.5–4.4	1.40.6–4.9	15.7
2059	1.30.5–4.3	1.40.6–4.9	15.5
2060	1.20.5–4.2	1.40.6–4.7	15.3
2061	1.20.4–4.1	1.40.6–4.5	15.1
2062	1.20.4–4	1.30.5–4.5	14.9
2063	1.20.4–3.9	1.30.5–4.5	14.7
2064	1.10.4–4	1.30.5–4.4	14.5
2065	1.10.4–4	1.30.5–4.4	14.3
2066	1.10.4–3.9	1.20.5–4.4	14.1
2067	1.10.3–3.9	1.20.5–4.3	13.9
2068	10.3–3.7	1.20.4–4.3	13.8
2069	10.3–3.7	1.20.4–4.3	13.6
2070	10.3–3.6	1.10.4–4	13.4
2071	10.3–3.5	1.10.4–3.9	13.2
2072	10.3–3.5	1.10.4–3.9	13
2073	10.3–3.3	1.10.4–3.8	12.9
2074	0.90.3–3.4	10.4–3.6	12.7
2075	0.90.3–3.3	10.3–3.5	12.6
2076	0.90.3–3.1	10.3–3.5	12.4
2077	0.90.3–3.2	10.3–3.5	12.3
2078	0.90.3–3	10.3–3.4	12.1
2079	0.80.3–3.2	0.90.3–3.4	12
2080	0.80.2–3	0.90.3–3.3	11.8
2081	0.80.2–2.9	0.90.3–3.3	11.7
2082	0.80.2–2.9	0.90.3–3.2	11.6
2083	0.80.2–2.8	0.90.3–3.1	11.5
2084	0.80.2–2.6	0.90.3–3.1	11.4
2085	0.80.2–2.6	0.80.3–3.1	11.3
2086	0.70.2–2.6	0.80.3–2.9	11.1
2087	0.70.2–2.6	0.80.2–2.9	11
2088	0.70.2–2.6	0.80.2–2.8	10.9
2089	0.70.2–2.6	0.80.2–2.7	10.8
2090	0.70.2–2.5	0.80.2–2.6	10.7
2091	0.70.2–2.5	0.80.2–2.7	10.6
2092	0.70.2–2.4	0.70.2–2.7	10.5
2093	0.70.2–2.4	0.70.2–2.5	10.4
2094	0.70.2–2.4	0.70.2–2.4	10.3
2095	0.60.2–2.4	0.70.2–2.4	10.1
2096	0.60.1–2.4	0.70.2–2.3	10
2097	0.60.1–2.3	0.70.2–2.3	9.9
2098	0.60.1–2.3	0.70.2–2.3	9.8
2099	0.60.1–2.2	0.70.2–2.2	9.7
2100	0.60.1–2.2	0.70.2–2.2	9.6

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Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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